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Surgical Eye Pressure Relief Procedure

Iowa rates for HCPCS 65820

This eye surgery lowers pressure inside the eye by creating or improving a drainage pathway for the fluid inside it. It is generally used to treat glaucoma and is typically a planned, scheduled procedure rather than emergency treatment for a sudden pressure spike.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Surgical Eye Pressure Relief Procedure cost?

$3,876

Typical total for the visit. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,876 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,122 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,122$832 to $1,660
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$2,239 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $8,710Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $603 to $2,399
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $1,122

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,570.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,398.83
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$10,232.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$6,165.95
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,290.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,238.72
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 6.4 times more in Wyoming than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Iowa· 28th of 50

$3,876

$1,122 physician + $2,754 facility

WY $13,189MD $2,072

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.